#48CDE4#48CDE4

#48CDE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.117 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48CDE4
RGB	rgb(72, 205, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -28.57, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 36.00, 217.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0999 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.117 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5015, 50.6374, 81.1286)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48CDE4 #E45F48

analogous

#48E4AD #48CDE4 #487FE4

triadic

#48CDE4 #E448CD #CDE448

tetradic

#48CDE4 #AD48E4 #E45F48 #7FE448

square

#48CDE4 #AD48E4 #E45F48 #7FE448

split-complementary

#48CDE4 #E4487F #E4AD48

monochromatic

#17879B #1FB6D0 #48CDE4 #7DDCEC #B3EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#48CDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#48CDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48CDE4

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48CDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48CDE4	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48cde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 205, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.117 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edcec',
    500: '#48cde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48cde4;
$custom-light: #8edcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48cde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78588,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48CDE4

secondary

#9E4232

accent

#5237F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48CDE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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